Hookbridge vs Webhook Management

Hookbridge is a cloud service for software teams that send webhooks to customer endpoints, receive third-party webhooks or hold incoming events for workers to retrieve through an API. Its send API queues a message and returns an ID, so delivery continues outside the application's request path. Outbound retries use exponential backoff and jitter according to a configured schedule for retryable failures. Retained messages can be replayed from the console or API after successful or failed delivery. Security options include outbound HMAC-SHA256 signatures and inbound checks using configured HMAC signatures, static tokens or IP allowlists. Hookbridge says it encrypts data in transit and uses access controls and monitoring; payload and delivery-log retention depends on plan and customer settings, with automatic purging after the configured window. Developers can use an HTTP API and SDK examples for Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby and PHP. Tools include a CLI tunnel, a GitHub Action for CI testing and an account-free browser request inspector.

Webhook Management sends and tracks webhooks through a dashboard and REST API. Users can register and test endpoints, route selected event types, inspect deliveries, and replay historical events. Failed deliveries are retried with configurable exponential backoff, and events remain stored until delivery succeeds or they are manually cancelled. Each webhook is signed with HMAC-SHA256 so recipients can verify authenticity and detect tampering. The dashboard tracks delivery success, latency, and endpoint health, with failure alerts; consistently failing endpoints are disabled automatically. The product page states a 99.99% delivery rate and average latency under 200 ms. The API covers endpoint creation, sending and listing events, retrying events, and checking endpoint health. The maker describes use in SaaS integrations, payment events, event-driven architectures, and partner notifications. Starter is free for up to 10,000 API requests per month and includes seven-day log retention. Pro is billed monthly for usage, with unlimited API requests and Webhook Management listed at €0.0001/delivery. The Webhook Management plan is listed at free, starting at $0.0001 per event, with up to five retry attempts included; additional retries are charged. The product lists 30-day retention.